Synonyms for sweepstakes
ˈswipˌsteɪkssweep·stakes

Princeton's WordNet

1. sweepstakesnoun

   a lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants

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1. • Lottery

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1. sweepstakesnoun

   Synonyms:
   winner (in gaming or in horse-racing)

2. sweepstakesnoun

   Synonyms:
   total stakes (at a horse-race)

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1. List of paraphrases for "sweepstakes":

   jackpot, lottery

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How to use sweepstakes in a sentence?

1. Mark Rushbrook:

   What was impressive to me is that the exhibit takes you through the timeline of motorsports right from Sweepstakes all the way to today, it takes you through all the different racing series and disciplines, and ties in people and technology and how that has been transferred to road cars.

2. Wedbush Securities:

   This is really the cloud sweepstakes, which is why there are such fierce lawsuits.

3. The DOJ:

   Maurice Levy and Derrick Levy further admitted that they would call individuals in the United States, many of whom were elderly and vulnerable, and falsely claim that the individuals had won a sweepstakes prize but were required to pay fees prior to the delivery of the prize. In truth, no such prize existed.